History Recap / ElenaOfAvalorS3E12ChangingOfTheGuard

* SchmuckBait: The labyrinth challenge was this. Gabe explains that they must use wilderness skills and teamwork to survive, and that anyone who doesn't make it before sunset fails. After seeing them come back sans Antonia, that's where he gets them. He reveals the ''real'' objective was to make it back with the whole squad, so it was an obvious trap for anyone who puts winning above teamwork.

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: There never was a rule against women joining the Royal Guard, but since no women have ever joined, it's been the status quo since and no one ever questioned it.

* RecycledScript: This episode is very similar to the ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' episode "Just One of the Princes".

* RealityEnsues:
** While Antonia is great at fencing because she's been practicing it in secret, she hasn't partaken in the kind of physical activity tested by the obstacle course and doesn't do well in it on her first try, needing further training. Whereas Rocco has worked towards joining the Guard, like his ancestors before him, his whole life, and does well on that test despite being a HateSink.
** Unlike most cartoon examples, the Avalor Royal Guard is one that ''actually'' puts effort into living up to its reputation of having the best of the best in terms of talent and character, and Gabe doesn't have to be a DrillSergeantNasty to accomplish this. Gabe definitely wants to avert the RedShirtArmy and PoliceAreUseless tropes, so he washes out Rocco for being unprofessional, and Nacho for being TheLoad.

* RecycledScript: This episode is very similar to the ''[[WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst Sofia the First]]'' episode "Just One of the Princes".

* SomethingAboutARose: Francisco, realizing [[OpenMouthInsertFoot he's said too much about gender roles in front of two fierce women that he loves]], tries to change the subject by seeing Luisa's begonias and commenting on how beautiful they've bloomed this year. He pricks himself on one and Luisa corrects him, saying that they're roses, before covering his prick with a handkerchief.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The objective of the labyrinth test was to survive and whoever makes it back to the barracks by sundown passes. Rocco's team makes it back by sundown without Antonia. But, Gabe revealed this was, first and foremost a test of teamwork, so they failed.

* SchmuckBait: The labyrinth challenge was this. Gabe explains that they must use wilderness skills and teamwork to survive, and that anyone doesn't make it before sunset fails. After seeing them come back sans Antonia, that's where he gets them. He reveals the ''real'' objective was to make it back with the whole squad, so it was an obvious trap for anyone who puts winning above teamwork.

** Elena tells Antonia to [[Disney/{{Hercules}} go the distance]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gabe. While Elena goes in expecting to have to hard-sell him on letting Antonia join the Royal Guard, he has no issues with a woman joining at all and doesn't require convincing. He only cares about recruiting the best candidates, whoever they might be.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gabe. While Elena goes in expecting to have to hard-sell him on letting Antonia join the Royal Guard, he has no issues with a woman joining at all and only cares about recruiting the best candidates, whoever they might be.

** Unlike most cartoon examples, the Avalor Royal Guard is one that ''actually'' puts effort into living up to its reputation of having the best of the best in terms of talent and character, and Gabe doesn't have to be a DrillSergeantNasty to accomplish this. Gabe definitely wants to avert the RedShirtArmy and PoliceAreUseless tropes, so he washes out Rocco for being unprofesssional, and Nacho for being TheLoad.

** While Antonia is great at fencing because she's been practicing it in secret, she hasn't partaken in the kind of physical activity tested by the obstacle course and doesn't do well in it on her first try, needing further training.

* ContinuityNod:
** The pirate dummy has Captain Chiloya's clothes.

* RealityEnsues: Unlike most cartoon examples, the Avalor Royal Guard is one that ''actually'' puts effort into living up to its reputation of having the best of the best in terms of talent and character, and Gabe doesn't have to be a DrillSergeantNasty to accomplish this. Gabe definitely wants to avert the RedShirtArmy and PoliceAreUseless tropes, so he washes out Rocco for being unprofesssional, and Nacho for being TheLoad.

** Nacho and Rocco are members of the Villalobos family.

* RealityEnsues: Unlike most cartoon examples, the Avalor Royal Guard is one that ''actually'' puts effort into living up to its reputation of having the best of the best in terms of talent and character, and Gabe doesn't have to be a DrillSergeantNasty to accomplish this. He washes out Rocco for being unprofesssional, and Nacho for being TheLoad.

* NoManLeftBehind: What Gabe tries to invoke with the labyrinth test, but Rocco tricks his teammates into leaving Antonia behind in favor of trying to break the completion record in time. Gabe ends up failing them.

* BreatherEpisode: After the "wow!" factor of the last episode, this is more standalone and upbeat.

* ActionGirl: Antonia turns out to be this, having learned how to fence from watching her father train with his fellow royal guardsmen.

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